It's not quite on the scale of the hacking which brought Sony's online services to it's knees in 2011, but Ubisoft have advised its customers that their online data may have been stolen after "unauthorised access" was gained to some of their online systems. For Wii U users, this could effect them if they have the Uplay app on their consoles, through which they can get exclusive content for games such as Assassin's Creed III and ZombiU.

Ubisoft's statement in full:

"Hello All,

We recently found that one of our Web sites was exploited to gain unauthorized access to some of our online systems. We instantly took steps to close off this access, to begin a thorough investigation with relevant authorities, internal and external security experts, and to start restoring the integrity of any compromised systems.

During this process, we learned that data were illegally accessed from our account database, including user names, email addresses and encrypted passwords. No personal payment information is stored with Ubisoft, meaning your debit/credit card information was safe from this intrusion.

As a result, we are recommending you to change your password by clicking this http://www.uplay.com" .
 
Out of an abundance of caution, we also recommend that you change your password on any other Web site or service where you use the same or a similar password. 

An official forum thread has been created for you to post your questions.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding."

Have you suffered any problems as a consequence of this latest hack? Let us know in the comments section below and on the forums.